Registering device for telephone systems.



E. M. NORTHUM' REGISTERING DEVICE EOE TELEPHONE SYSTEMS APPLICATION FILED JULY 18, 1911.

Patented Feb. 27, 1912.

ATTORNEYS WITNESSES 51,50 -,'-In.carrying out my invention I UNITED srATEslArENtr OFFICE- REGISTERING DEVICE FOR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2'7, 1912.

' Application filed July 13, 1911. Serial No;-639.121.

Toall whom it may concern.-

Be it known thatl, ELIJAH M. NonrHUM', 1 citizen of the United States, and 11 resident of Stephens, in the county of Ouachita and estate of Arkansaehave made certain new and useful Improvements in Registering Devices for Telephone Systems, of which the followin is a specification.

My invention relates to registering devices fortelephone systems and it consists in the combinations, constructions and arrange .e,nts herein-described and claimed.

' '-.An object of my invention is to facilitate the posting of books and the checking up of telephone calls, especially those calls received on toll lines.

A further object of. my invention is to rovidea device for registering calls which is operated by' dislrs, each of which constitutes in itself a record of the call so re corded.

A furtherobject of my invention is to provide a re istering device in which the registering 0 the call is not only made, but

the notification of such record may be transmitted to a dist-ant operator, such as a monitor.

A further object of my. invention is to provide a device comprising a dial having 0 two hands therefor, one of which may be in use during the day and another during the night.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification and the novel fcatures of'the device will be particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

- My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming part of this application, in which similar reference characi ter's indicate like parts in the several views and in which-.

Figure 1 is a face view of the registering de-vice,. a portion'of the device beingshown in section, Fig. 2 is a section through the device at right angles to Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is :1 diagrammatic view showing the arrangement of tlie auxiliai'y transmitter in the operators listening circuit, and Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic view of the resetting means,

provide a base 1 upon which is mounted a casing 2 for inclosin certain of the operating parts. Abovet 1e casing 2 1s a circular casing 3 hav- 'ing a glass front 4.behind which is g dial 5 marked oil in any convenient system, as for Instance from 1 to The dial 5 is providcd with a central opening 51. Through this opening, a sleeve 6 extends, and upon the-sleeve 6 is carried a hand 7 on the front sideof the dial, While an int ral ratchet wheel 8 is carried on the rear si, e. A shaft 9 extends through the sleeve 6 and is provided on the front side of the dial .with ahand 10 and on the rear side of. the dial with an integral ratchet Wheel 11. The ratchet wheels are provided withtheir respective stops 8 and 11.

Within the casing 2 are a pair of levers l4 and 14. 'The end of these levers terminate underneath their respective chutes 19 and 19, one correspond and one corres' ndin'g to' ay calls. Each chute is provi ed at its iipper. end within hinged cover like that shown-at 19. Referring now to Fig. 1, it will beseen that a awl 12 is pivots-11y mounted at 13 on the ever 14% which is suspended from thev bracket 15? fflhe lever 14- has a. similar pawl 12 which is in engagement with the ratchet wheel 11. Abell QLisdisposed beneath the ends of the chutes l9 and 19. Beneath the bell 21 is a receptacle 22, whichis divided by a partition 22 into two parts. "Thisreceptacle Z2 is intact a drawer, and may be withdrawn from the casing'2.

The ends of the levers 14 and 14 project into the ends of the chutes 19 and 19 in such a manner as to be engaged by disks which are deposited in the "top"s o these chutes. Regulating devices 28am frovidedj for adjusting theposition of the -'-ever 14. The means or resetting the, hands of the to night calls dial consist of magnets 30f and 30. "These matica-lly in Fig. 4. .In; th i s' fig switch 41 which will con-nee break device 32 or 33 the, 11g 30 for operating or 14. I i":

Disposed adjacent the hell 21 is atransinitter 24, which is connected with a transmitter 25 or the operators listening Set-, 'qs

5 fiigdividually, I. Y arrange a circuit like,thatfiliownlidiagram-' from a substation. Both hands of the dial of the day, the cover 19 of the chute l9 is are set at zero. -lVhen the call comes in, the operator makes out the regular ticket and writes on one of the disks 20 the name of the party, the number of the phone and date. The disks are preferably made of aluminum so that the record can be'er'ascd. Connection'being made with the "party wanted, the disk is dropped into the open chute 19, this being the day chute. The disk falls down and strikes the lever 149, which is moved to the dotted line position shown in Fig. 1, thereby causing the pawl 12* to move upwardly and to turn the ratchet wheel one division. The provision of the pawls 8 and ll prevents the ratchet from returning. [The coin strikes the bell and the 'sound'of the bell is heard by the receiving operator at the end ofthe line or by the monitor, thus affording an additional check that the call has been registered. The disk now drops into the bottom of the receptacle 22' into the right hand compartment shown in Fig. 2. The above described operation is repeated every time a call comes in so that the hand will indicate accurately the number of calls received. The number.-

of disks in the drawer must correspond with the calls as indicated on the dial, and this, of course, should correspond with the tickets'. Therefore there are three permanent records besides the sound of the bell".

When the operators change, or at the end and break device.

closed and the cover of the chute 19* is opened. Calls which are now received will be registered by dropping the disks into the chute 19", thus actuating the lever 14 and through the medium of the pawl 12 the ratchet wheel 8 and the hand 7, the hand 10 being turned for the day calls as before explained. The hand 10 will thus indicate the number of day calls, while the night calls are being sent in. The disks deposited in the chute 1,9 will strike the same bell 21, but will be deflected to the left hand com-- partment shown in Fig. 2. In order to reset the apparatus at zero, the switch 37 which, it will be observed, is on the inside of the casing, may be shifted to connect the make Now by turning the thumb wheel 34L an intermittent current will be sent through the magnet 3O or 30 as the case may be (see Fig. 6) and this will cause the rapid turning of the hand forward to zero.

Inasmuch as thismake and break feature may be made very rapidly, the hand can be brought to zero very quickly. In order to reset the device, it will'be observed that it is necessary to pull out the drawer, but this may be kept locked and the key may be kept by the person in charge.

In a registering devicefor telephone systems, a casing, a dial upon said casing, a pair of hands carried by said dial, an individual ratchet wheel for each of said hands, a lever and pawl for each ratchet wheel, a pair of chutes, each of saidchutes terminatmg above the end of its respective lever, a rece tacle having a partition disposed betwb jhllfl lower ends of said chutes, and a common signal disposed below the chutes and arranged to .be engaged by the falling disks and to defiect'the disks into the -recep- R. A. STANLEY, SOLON C. KEMON. 

